Before tonight’s Last Lecture, visit Japanese Spring Festival

North Central presents its annual Japanese Spring Festival—featuring food and free activities and performances—on Monday, May 14. It will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Harold and Eva White Activities Center. Visitors can stop by before the Last Lecture, which begins at 8 p.m. in Wentz Concert Hall.

Student in Japan shares story with local media

With the six North Central students who were studying in Japan during the earthquake and tsunami safely accounted for, some are beginning to share their stories with media. Erica Funkhouser ’12 spoke via Skype to Chicago’s ABC7 TV on Tuesday, March 15. Funkhouser, a Japanese and classical civilization major, is studying at Iwate University in Morioka, Japan, in the Iwate Prefecture about an hour from the earthquake’s epicenter.

Polinska, Lehe and student give talks at Asian studies conference

Wioleta Polinska, associate professor of religious studies and chair of philosophy and religious studies; Robert Lehe, professor of philosophy; and Matthew Rogers ’10, who majored in Japanese and philosophy, presented papers at the Asian Studies Development Program 16th Annual National Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, on July 2. Polinska’s paper was titled “Till Death Do Us Part?: Buddhist-Christian Discourse on Marriage”; Lehe’s paper was titled “The Problem of Evil in Christianity and Buddhism”; and Rogers’ paper was titled “Buddhist Interdependence as an Exp